The Bailey Traverse (Olympic National Park) Gear List Summer 2010 Carrie’s Pack Alex’s Pack Jerry’s Pack Sleeping bag Tent bivey sack Sleeping Mat Sleeping bag/blanket sleeping bag 2 fuel canisters Sleeping mat foam pad Rain jacket Stove back-up stove Rain pants 2 Fuel canisters 4 Fuel canisters 2 Water bottles and/or 1 bottle/1 bladder Water …
I started snowboarding on a used Rosignol with strap bindings. I was looking for a backcountry tool and before I could even really ride I started experimenting with plate bindings and plastic ski-mountaineering and climbing boots. I eventually learned to make turns in my Scarpas, but they were never really satisfactory. I couldn’t get around …
BIKING ISN’T THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF GEAR CERTAIN FRIENDS CALL ME A GEARHEAD
From May 15th to May 22nd Jerry and Odette rode day trips on the tandem out of Bend, Oregon. Back around the beginning of 2024 Odette and I settled on a tandem trip to Scandinavia in 2024 – the thinking being that we ought to get in some …
Between November 5 and November 19 Jerry and Odette biked on Mallorca and visited museums in Madrid At the end of our summer trip to Alsace and Berlin I thought we had agreed to take a non-bike trip somewhere warm, instead of our usual ski trip. I put in a plug for Mallorca because I’d …
Since we got back on the bike in December we’ve been mainly on the Ibis – it’s the one with fenders and Odette finds it easier to get on and off the saddle because of the smaller wheels. A couple of months ago we got enough slack in the chain that I had to adjust …
On May 22 – 25, 2021, Jerry and Odette rode from home in Seattle to La Conner and on to Lummi Island, then over to Whidby Island and eventually back home I rode a lot during the pandemic, moving at bicycle speed outdoors when everyone else was quarantined seemed pretty safe and it gave me …
The Continuing Conversion of The Ibis Here is the story of the acquisition of our Ibis Forte, it’s restoration and the later upgrade of the drivetrain to a Rene Herse 10-speed triple. Here is a post about shearing off the tabs on that Rene Herse spider. Here is a series of posts about converting a …
here’s the original letter: Mazama 2019: June 29-30 Marblemount-to-Mazama (and back) RIDE INSTRUCTIONS To get to Marblemount from Seattle: 2-hour drive Two ways to get to Marblemount: Take I-5 to Arlington. At Hwy. 530, go east. At Darrington, continue north on Hwy 530, then turn east on Hwy 20 at Rockport. …
From the 14th of August to the 5th of September Jerry and Will (together with a friend of Will’s) biked from Golmud in China to Lhasa in Tibet – about 1,200 KM and mainly at about 5,000 meters of elevation. We flew from Seattle to Bejing with three bikes and two big duffles full of …
